Counting of votes is underway for the assembly elections in Haryana - where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is eyeing a straight third term - and Jammu and Kashmir, which voted in an assembly election after 10 years. In Haryana, the latest trends show that the BJP is leading in 45 of 90 assembly seats, while the Congress is ahead in 40. Various exit polls have predicted a clear majority for the Congress in the state.
In Jammu and Kashmir, the available leads show that the alliance of the Congress and the National Conference (NC) has crossed the halfway mark of 46 seats and is currently leading in 52 seats. The BJP, on the other hand, is ahead in 22.
Jammu and Kashmir voted in its first assembly elections since 2014, first as a Union Territory and first after the removal of Article 370, which gave the erstwhile state special status. Other parties that can play a key role in J&K, where exit polls have predicted a hung house, are the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the People's Conference, the Democratic Progressive Azad Party and the Apni Party.